Watch List notes:

Hamilton Public School, (1871), prize medal in silver (41mm), with suspension ring, obverse, a pair of quill pens across and plain disc with a wreath surround, reverse inscribed, 'Presented/to/Walter J. Bellette/for/general improvement/Hamilton Public School/Tasmania, 1871'. Good very fine. Provenance - On 5 May 1871, the year that he received his prize medal, Walter's 5-year old brother Ernest died. Walter James Bellette also died at a young age, only 21, on 13 August 1880 and at the time was an articled clerk. His death was due to Phthisis (TB). Ex John Houstone collection.

Estimate: 150 AUD